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Babies born July/August 04

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madgirl · 04/08/2004 12:04

Hello everyone. My DS2 was born on July 4th and I have been waiting for a "Babies born in July" thread since then, but none has appeared! (at least I don't think it has). So I thought I should start one, I didn't have Mumsnet for DS1 and I wish I had. I thought it should be July/August since almost all of the July babies were/are late! How is it going for you all?

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Eshay · 01/11/2004 15:33

BTW, Sponge, I've caught myself crying because my DS is so beautiful too. Of course my DH laughed at me when he saw me!

sponge · 01/11/2004 17:00

Oh I'd never admit it to dh Eshay. He'd think I'd gone mad .

dinosaur · 01/11/2004 17:40

Hiya y'all!

HelloMama, sorry to hear that Ruben is giving you a hard time too! I am as tired now as I was just after Blake was born! Anyway, could be just the kick up the backside I need to finish reading "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" and then start putting it into practice.

Am finding it hard to be upbeat about anything much at the moment - as some of you know, my brother is in Afghanistan, and these kidnappings have really made me fear for his safety

Anyway, have booked our flights to Ireland for New Year, so have that to look forward to, as well as Christmas itself obviously.

sweetkitty · 01/11/2004 18:52

hi ladies

Think I may have to ask santa for a copy of the "no-cry sleep solution" is it good? I know I should be grateful Abbie goes from 12 to 7 am feeds then falls asleep until 10 most days. daytime naps are a nightmare (see my thread in Sleep) she will not go to sleep on her own gets overtired and then cries. Apart from that she is an angel.

I know what you mean about wanting to hug them all the time and weeping as they are so beautiful. DP tells me off for telling Abbie she's beautiful and Mummy loves her so much 100 times a day. Met 2 single friends at the weekend one of them couldn't get her head around me saying I would rather stay in with the baby than go out and I hate leaving her.

sleeplessmumof2 · 01/11/2004 22:17

Thanks littlerach but could you tell me what dreamsleep is???? and thanks sponge but to be honest if i have to get out of bed to give him a dummy its no different to taking him into my bed (which to be honest i quite like anyway) its the getting up in the middle of the night thats bugging and knackering me!!!

sponge · 02/11/2004 09:31

I understand SMo2 but I think the principle is about substituting something less appealing - so he wakes up and fusses because he knows that gets him a feed, cuddle whatever, so you substitute a dummy or a drink of water or something like that which is less interesting and not so worth waking up for and after a few days he gets bored and stops waking up. That's the idea anyway. As with all these theories it sounds great on paper but I'm not usre how effective it is in practice or how easy to stick to when you're knackered and taking him into bed will get you back to sleep quicker.
A dreamsleep is feeding just before you go to bed while they're still basically asleep. So they don't really get disturbed but do fill up a bit for a longer stretch of sleep, and in theory they're so relaxed they don't really take in any air so no need to wind. Doesn't work for me - he either wakes up or doesn't feed.
Good luck.

hermykne · 02/11/2004 09:37

hi all
do you ever feel when you get up your body is about to break? my neck aches (holding ds), my back is lopsided, lifting dd or ds badly, and my bum aches (got a full body massage last week and this was what i ended up with a sore bum!)

any remedies or ideas?

sleeplessmumof2 · 02/11/2004 09:43

thanks sponge, have tried the dreamsleep (although didnt realise that that his what it was called) it didnt work! He still woke up 4 hours later anyway we did it for about 2 weeks is that long enough?? last night i didnt give him anything except a cuddle and my bed at 5 am and he still only took 2 oz at 7am so hes definetly not waking from hunger. i think i will try the water tonight and not my bed as i see the theory you are refering to!

sleeplessmumof2 · 02/11/2004 09:45

hermyke, i know just how you feel, when i get out of bed in the morning i can hardly stand up straight i look about 90 years old, have you tried an osteopath?

littlerach · 02/11/2004 10:13

I think the dreamfeed only works for some babies. Our reasons for doing it were that we did it with DD1 and it worked.

Not so good last night, she woke at 2am and had a big feed!! Back to square one!

I braved toddlers yesterday and survived! DD1 was sopleased to show everyone her sister!!

MarmaladeSun · 02/11/2004 13:00

Hello everyone. Am having a bit of a nightmare with DD2 as her sleeping is shot to &%$!!! Sje goes down at about 7pm, and sleeps til 11.30pm, wakes for a feed, and then drops back off to sleep. But come 2am it's ping* wide awake, not hungry/cold/lonely but 'hello Mummy, I've had enough sleep and now it's time to play' and that's basically it! She doesn't cry...quite the opposite as she lays there grinning her gummy little grin, and gurgling. I didn't go to bed til midnight last night (was watching Most Haunted Live) and so had 2 hours sleep. Good job she's so damned cute or I would have launched her by now! She's such an easy baby in every other way, always smiling, has a 2-3 hour nap during the day, and is no problem otherwise. Any ideas?

MarmaladeSun · 02/11/2004 13:01

Forgot to say that keeping her up later doesn't make the blindest bit of difference.

sponge · 02/11/2004 17:04

SMo2 I think if you tried it for 2 weeks without success then it's not for you. If these things don't click within a few days then perseverance is probably futile!

Marmaladesun, what about just letting her smile and gurgle till she gets bored or tired and goes back to sleep? (if you can ignore it that is).

As to feeling old... well I am quite old but feel about 104 (and don't look much better). Neck ache from looking down at ds while feeding I think and backache from carrying him and sitting badly with him. Just as well they're so loveable, all the trouble they cause .

MarmaladeSun · 02/11/2004 17:08

Sponge...that's just the problem; she doesn't go back to sleep! This morning she was awake from 2am until 11am. And she gurgles VERY loudly!

sweetkitty · 02/11/2004 17:16

OMG 2am till 11am I thought I was having it rough. Abbie was giving me those big gummy smiles last night at midnight what can you do when you get those??

sponge · 02/11/2004 17:55

Big gummy smiles are lovely but not for 9 hours straight in the middle of the night. You poor thing.
Have you thought about putting her in another room? (or is she already. Is she that loud?)

MarmaladeSun · 02/11/2004 20:43

Sponge; I don't want to put her in another room just yet. I know it would probably help, but I'm just a bit paranoid about not being able to hear if anything happened, and anyway (to answer your next question yes she really is that loud! It's lovely and really funny by day, a form of extreme torture by night. I can't leave her to make that noise as she would wake the other kids and they have to be up early for school. No win situation really

MarmaladeSun · 02/11/2004 20:45

Sweetkitty...I know! I am all set to lose it and shout at her (like she'd understand me lol) and then she just looks so happy to see me. Talk about being torn!

sweetkitty · 02/11/2004 22:40

I know it's like me when she's crying and looking at you and tears streaming down those big blue eyes cos she's overtired and can't sleep and your saying "sleep baby it'll make it better." It's heartbreaking it's like she's saying "Mummy help"

I hope you get some sleep tonight MS.

tangerinecath · 02/11/2004 23:11

Sorry to hear about everyone's sleep troubles - might be having a few myself tonight as dd had her jabs this afternoon and has thrown up two feeds tonight - just got her off to sleep now but I bet she wakes up hungry about 3am.

I just love her gummy smiles too, I just melt whenever I get one, in a way I'll be sad to see her teeth start to come through as it won't quite be the same.

kitkat2 · 03/11/2004 00:04

Anyone have their babies at St Georges around the 1st August? I had Maisie and there was a Daisy next to us, didn't stay in long enough to get to know anyone but would love to know how they are getting on

kitkat2 · 03/11/2004 00:07

My dd keeps bringing up her feeds the HV seems to dismiss it as normal, I know it is not normal that we were both sobbing this evening, dd was waking up from sleep screaming all day today which is really not like her. she is gaining weight ok but bringing up loads of mucus and milk anyone been there?

MarmaladeSun · 03/11/2004 09:39

Hi all. Had a slightly better night last night. I went to bed at 9, 2 hours after DD, and she woke at midnight for a feed. Fell asleep until 2 so I fed her again and she went back to sleep until 5 so a slight improvement! lol.

sleeplessmumof2 · 03/11/2004 10:54

Hi kitkat2, my ds1 did this too, how old is your dd? and how much is she bring up, is it every feed? let me know and we are all here to try to help you work through it my ds 1 used to throw up his feeds between 4 and 6 times a day so i really know how you must be feeling.!!

sponge · 03/11/2004 11:39

kitkat my ds became quite pukey at about 2 months and now brings up some of every feed. I think it is quite normal as long as it's only a bit. If she's bringing up most of a feed very regularly then that's not normal and you should ask the doc as could be reflux which makes them uncomfortable too but can be treated.

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